SOLUTION: The function Upper N(t)= 40,000/1 +30e ^-2.5t describes the number of people, N(t), who become ill with a virus t weeks after its initial outbreak in a town with 40,000 inhabitants
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Question 1129507: The function Upper N(t)= 40,000/1 +30e ^-2.5t describes the number of people, N(t), who become ill with a virus t weeks after its initial outbreak in a town with 40,000 inhabitants. The horizontal asymptote in the graph indicates that there is a limit to the epidemic's growth. Complete parts (a) through (c) below.
a. How many people became ill with the virus when the epidemic began? (When the epidemic began, t=0.)
When the epidemic began, approximately________people were ill with the virus.
(Round to the nearest person as needed.)
You can put this solution on YOUR website! At the beginning, t is 0, so the denominator is 1+30(1) or 31
the number of people ill at t=0 is 40000/31=1290.
